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SEE K-TOWN DIFFERENTLY?
WELCOME
to
the
start
of
something a little bit new.
The Kentishtowner is North
London’s
award-winning
website, and hopefully you’re
already enjoying our daily
coverage of local culture
(see page 3). But what is this
rather fetching newspapery
incarnation all about?
Well, just because our
roots are digital, we needn’t
be slave to the screen. And as
what we do has always been
a celebration of community,
aided by the ease of online
publishing and social media,
this monthly edition is simply
an extension of all that.
What’s more, our continuing
growth has mirrored a
brimming pride in the area.
Kentish Town, with its legacy of
industry, the arts, and boozing,
is an intriguing corner of a
world-class city, a place forever
shaped by railways, a long
buried river, and its ancient
highway.
In print each month, just
as we do daily online, we aim
to fuel this spirit, presenting
more reasons to adore the
neighbourhood; fresh angles
on old favourites, and juicy
discoveries to boot. A sort of
travel guide for locals, if you
will. Do you enjoy seeing things
differently? Read on.
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WELCOME
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S
O HOW did we get here?
In late 2010 I started a little
blog to cover Kentish Town,
Camden and the surrounding
areas. Why? Because I felt our
neighbourhood had so much to
offer which wasn’t being featured
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elsewhere. Very quickly it started
attracting readers.
Fast forward to January 2012
and my old friend Tom Kihl and
I set about relaunching the site
as North London’s only daily
online magazine. As professional
journalists, our intention is to post
quality features, mostly with a local
slant, and avoid hard news. So the
focus remains firmly on cultural
affairs – things like art, food, pubs,
community, history, and music.
Since we went daily, things
have gone really well. In June 2012
we were awarded funding from
innovations charity NESTA to
develop the publication further.
This was a big deal as we were one
of only 10 online projects in the
UK to receive a grant.
Which brings us to our very
first print edition. Here you’ll find
a selection of the regular sections
you can enjoy at Kentishtowner.
co.uk, along with new features
like our columnists, TV presenter
Rick Edwards and broadsheet
journalist Esther Walker. We also
hope you enjoy the highlights of
our recent Reader Awards, whose
aim was to celebrate the very best
the manor has to offer.
So what attracts people to The
Kentishtowner? We hope, most
of all, it’s the lively community
feel, whether you live in north
London or anywhere else in the
capital. We also maintain a regular
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How did we choose our cover art?
L
OCAL photographer Jason
Wilde has amassed over
1000 images of North
London passers-by with his Free
Portrait Studio project. In fact, he
may well have snapped you or a
neighbour, as his mobile space
– which mirrors the tradition of
the travelling photographers of
Victorian times – has pitched up
at Castlehaven Community Centre
and the James Wigg Practice
on Bartholomew Road in recent
months.
The idea is simple: anyone
passing is invited to take a few
moments out to stop and pose.
Collectively, the results document
lives and histories through the
endless variety of faces. “Many of
the most interesting shots have
come from the sessions in NW5,”
Jason says, so much so that he’s
running a story competition
parallel to the project. He picks a
Featured Portrait on the website
www.freeportraitstudio.co.uk/
with a face to inspire submissions.
Pretty much anything goes, be
it fiction, personal experience,
past, present or future fantasy.
The winning tale will receive a full
colour print of the picture. Oh, and
look out for Jason again nearby
soon, as the project is openended. Tom Kihl
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WHY IT MATTERS
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Every Monday on Kentishtowner.co.uk we post a column called Why It Matters. As you might
expect, this is a digital soap box for anyone in the area to air their most heartfelt opinions. We’ve
covered everything from swimming on Hampstead Heath’s ponds to turning NW5 into a chainstore free zone. Check it out for yourself: Kentishtowner.co.uk
WHY
A Cinema For Kentish Town
O
F ALL the entertainment
venues in Kentish Town, no
cinema, the stuff that dreams
are made of? Which makes me ask one
question: ‘Do you want one?’ Well, do
you? I say if you build it, they will come.
For more evidence, see Chicken Shop.
From the eight cinemas that shone
their silver screens in our patch, the
Gem Picture Hall (Malden Road), which
opened in April 1910, is thought to be
the first. It was followed in no particular
order by the Coronation Gardens (Prince
of Wales Road), The Lismore (Lismore
Road), Kentish Town Cinema (Gaisford
Street) and Forum ABC (Highgate
Road). The Electric Alhambra, The
Palace and Venus were all once located
along Kentish Town Road.
The last cinema in the area, the
Venus – seating 185 and opened in 1970
– may be considered an oddity, as it
was situated on the ground floor of the
church hall behind St Andrew’s Greek
Orthodox Church. Nonetheless it was
fully air conditioned with a licensed bar,
but had closed by 1975 – and the area
hasn’t seen a public screen since.
Nostalgia entraps us all in memories
of days passed, but it’s also a powerful
antidote to the blues; and none more so
than when recalling visits to the movies.
It’s for this reason that the residents of
Kentish Town must have a cinema in
the area. The petition starts here. Let’s
see what we can do. Des Whyman
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Our Nearby Button
D
ESPITE THE analogue joys of
our first newsprint edition, the
Kentishtowner is still a title at
the forefront of local digital publishing.
There was never a particular plan to
be breaking new ground supporting
local business with mobile phonebased technology. But that’s what has
happened.
With backing from innovations
charity NESTA, we’ve developed a
clever ‘Nearby’ button. Stand at a spot
of your choice in NW5 with the website
on your phone, press the button and
all our reviews and features about the
businesses around you appear on a map.
This matters to everyone who prizes
our independent shops and traders by
keeping them visible on the new wave
of devices so central to our lives.
Imagine when this kind of thing
is replicated in small communities up
and down the country. Suddenly the
internet looks the very opposite of the
High Street’s grim reaper it has been
painted as.
Check it out for yourself:
Kentishtowner.co.uk/nearby
Tom Kihl
MATTERS
Boris Bikes for NW5
F
OR ANYONE using a Barclays
(or should we just say Boris?) Bike
map, NW5 doesn’t exist. We’re
hardly the suburbs, and it’s especially
odd as the bikes pootle way out east; but
at least we’re in good company, as neither
are Islington, Dalston and Highbury.
In the spirit of less moaning, more
action, the Camden Green Party (full
disclosure – I’m a member) have
launched a petition to get Boris to run
cycle-hire docks all the way through
Kentish Town up to the bottom of
Swains Lane, and the Lido. Why does
this matter?
For
our
wider
community,
extending the public transport network
can only be a good thing. Current TfL
regulations on how far bike stations can
be from each other means that it’s likely
three or four would need to be installed
between Camden and Swains Lane.
Therefore trade for our local
businesses could grow if the area is
made more accessible to the thousands
who use the bikes on the weekends.
And more cycles on the road equals
less congestion, pollution, and quicker
journeys for those who do need to drive.
Given the number of folk who
use the Heath, surely it makes even
more sense. Cycle-hire is an asset to
London, but we deserve a scheme that
reaches the capital’s finest destinations.
Whether you’re a driver, cyclist, trader,
swimmer, heath-lover, or just care
about our area, let’s show Boris how
much we care, and demand he put NW5
on the map. Tim Sowula
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Is
Kentish
Town
really
changing?
You might think there have
been more changes in the
area recently than you can
shake a chicken wing at – but
are we nothing more than a
historical footnote?
Stephen Emms investigates.
RECENTLY
I’ve
been
thinking about
change. On the surface we’ve seen some
quite dramatic developments of late
in the neighbourhood. There are the
effects of High Speed1 (HS1) and the
nearby King’s Cross redevelopments,
the new wave of French inhabitants
for the Lycee, and the continued
influx of students thanks to a recent
emphasis on new accommodation.
Not to mention a slew of café, bar and
restaurant openings, crowned by Soho
House’s arrival on Highgate Road.
NW5 is now, it would seem, a ‘hotspot’
(for more evidence see features in
the FT, Metro and The Times). But
what will the longterm effects be? Are
things really shifting, or is this just a
petty cycle? A historical footnote?
And, of course, doesn’t everywhere
change?
The other day I stumbled across an
Independent article on Kentish Town
from nearly 20 years ago. Written by
the author Rachel Cusk in 1994, it’s a
typically jocular look at the area:
“Before I came to live in Kentish
Town,” she began, “I remember a
friend of mine saying that she was
thinking of looking for a flat there
because it was the one place within
spitting distance of Soho where she
was unlikely to encounter anyone
she knew. My move, needless to
say, precluded hers, and I have spat
leisurely at Soho many a time since,
from the isolation of a top-floor shoe
box off Lady Margaret Road with
good enough views of all London’s
landmarks to ensure that I never have
to leave NW5 to visit them.”
Cusk, who had spotted “one or two
literary luminaries slinking around
Iceland and Kwik Save”, otherwise
declared Kentish Town Road “a
maudlin middle child”, deriving much
of its character from “neglect and
unfair comparison”:
“It’s one of the few high streets
in central London where you are in
little danger of spending any money,”
she quipped. And such an absence of
material preoccupation means “the
fever of desire is miraculously cooled
and one is left free to contemplate
higher things.” Which, she concludes
in her comical way, is why “so many
intellectuals are coming to Kentish
Town.”
This raises two ideas: first, the
way places are mythologised, with
the middle-class obsessions with
both the ‘grittiness’ of an area and its
artistic roots; second, the insistence by
home-owners, particularly in London
neighbourhoods, on a place being “on
the up.”
Yet unlike, say Hackney, Kentish
Town seems forever to have been on
the ‘cusp’ rather than the ‘up’. It’s
been neither here nor there. Neither
Camden nor Hampstead. So is change
here “a matter of degree,” as the great
NW5 chronicler Gillian Tindall argues,
“rather than a striking difference”?
Perhaps. Certainly our threshold
status has been long remarked upon:
“There was a time,” continues Rachel
Cusk, “when one could cross-country
ski in dog excrement down to the Tube
station and the strains of Mozart were
not to be heard emanating from the
now repointed facades of Georgian
terraces.”
Twenty years earlier, in the mid
Seventies, Tindall discussed the
problem of ‘gentrification’ in her
seminal work, The Fields Beneath.
Do all
generations in
fact believe they
are at the start
of an epoch?
She argued that it began to be used
as a “ready-made sneer on the lips of
those who were, inevitably, middleclass and articulate themselves but did
not want to see themselves that way.”
This uncertainty created a division
between those who expressed then
contemporary fears that Kentish
Town might deteriorate into an urban
‘jungle’ on the American model,
“dangerous to cross after dark and
full of racial tensions”; and those
convinced that the area would become
as affluent as Chelsea. Neither vision
materialized, of course; Kentish Town
merely remained ‘on the cusp.’
Rewind a century earlier, and
similar fears were preoccupying the
Victorians at the onset of the railways,
a development which shaped the
area both then and now. In the
1860s the cottages of the Inkerman
Conservation Area had been built
to house the ‘industrial proletariat’;
concern swelled that Kentish Town’s
middle classes would be ‘swamped’ by
rowdy workers.
Thus there were frantic attempts
to build a New Kentish Town east
of the High Street, its roads wide,
villas grand, streets with names
like Gaisford, Caversham, Patshull.
This was, says Tindall, “the forward
prosperous image of Kentish Town”,
about which this reader wrote to the
Gazette in 1867:
“A stranger passing through
Camden and Kentish Towns at the
present time (1867) and observing the
vista of large and magnificent shops,
the busy appearance of the principal
streets - well paved and lighted - and
the miles of superior villas, Crescents,
Squares and Avenues, could not fail
to be attracted by the appearance of
prosperity...The changes have been
so swift, the progress so rapid and
sudden...Still, a feeling of regret will
arise...”
And the regret the writer goes
onto describe? Well, it’s for the area’s
rural past, “the destruction of a field.”
And there we have it: real change. A
moment when Kentish Town was not
on the cusp.
Return now to 2012, where again,
ambivalent fears and hopes occupy
equal space in our minds. NW5’s ‘up
and coming’ status is not without its
detractors who, rightly or wrongly,
believe their more ‘real’ experience
of the area is now being corroded.
And as for those embracing change,
what exactly are we embracing? Are
we no different from our ancestors,
always eager for improvements? Do
all generations in fact believe they are
at the start of an epoch?
Plenty remains constant, the
legacy of the railways ensuring a
healthy social and multicultural mix
for one. But perhaps we should leave
the last word to Gillian Tindall: “A
more profound change took place
between 1945,” she told me recently,
“when the whole of Kentish Town was
threatened with demolition under
the Abercrombie plan, and the 1970s.
Like several other comparable inner
London districts it has actually been
renaissing for the last fifty-odd years,
ever since the steam trains departed,
the whole place got cleaner, and young
middle class couples realised they
could buy nice houses here cheaply.
Now the nice houses aren’t remotely
cheap, but the basic situation hasn’t
changed.”
And does Tindall believe things
are changing now? “I don’t think there
is any special current renaissance of
Kentish Town,” she concludes, with a
historian’s note of finality. Might we,
on this occasion, beg to differ?
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“BEING
AWAY FROM
CAMDEN
PROPER
IS A GOOD
THING”
Conor Fisk
thinks Kentish
Town’s music
scene is nicely
low-key –
and all the
better for it.
NW5
is doing everything
right
when
it
comes to venues for live music.
I’d wager there are few other
areas in the city with as many
establishments of such calibre.
Being away from Camden
proper is a Good Thing for our
music scene, which is inevitably
more laidback – and quirkier (for
proof, look no further than the
notorious hair salon-cum-gallerycum-venue, Flaxon Ptootch).
So where should you head to
discover the best sounds? Well,
Aces And Eights opposite Tufnell
Park tube is a real find, its live Club
Stuntfox sessions on Thursdays
and Sunday afternoons almost
legendary; whilst the Torriano’s
basement room is also a good
bet for acoustic artists on a
Sunday night. In central K-Town,
try The Oxford for a touch of
beard-stroking contemporary jazz
upstairs on a Monday, whilst, for
something less cerebral, head to
either Club Fandango at the Bull
& Gate, or across the manor to
the Fiddler’s Elbow, the underrated Victorian venue that boasts
eclectic line-ups (shame there’s
a cover charge most nights,
KENTISHTUNER
above: Local girl
Gabby Young on
stage last year.
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especially for us students).
And whilst in 2013 we might
not witness again a throwback to
the heady days of The Flowerpot,
rumours currently abound that
the lower Kentish Town Road site,
most recently known as Heroes, is
being revived at some point this
year, hopefully sans the trouble
(naked dancing on a pillar box,
anyone?)
My personal favourite? The
Abbey, which is continuing its ace
music policy with – so I hear – new
excursions into bluegrass, country,
rockabilly and folk. Plus there’s
a brand new weekly Blues Jam
Session every Sunday evening,
centred around their recentlyacquired honkytonk piano. Mine’s
a Four Roses.
And lest we forget, we are
blessed enough to have one of
London’s best mid-sized venues
perched atop our little kingdom:
The Forum.
Its increasingly
varied programme – take Bobby
Womack’s residency, for example,
or the surprise appearance by
Rihanna last year - is putting
it right back on the map for my
generation. And as for the Black
Crowes next month? I’m so there.
When were you happiest? On my
birthday, which is Christmas Eve.
Every year my closest friends and
family come over to Kentish Town
for a cake and cava tea party.
Where would you like to live?
I’m very happy where I am
on Patshull Road, but I love
the colourful houses on Kelly
Street. It’s like My Fair Lady
crossed with Brighton.
What is your favourite sound
or smell? The smell of roast
chicken cooking at my mum’s
house off Prince of Wales Road.
What is the most important
lesson life has taught
you?
Listen to your mum,
even if she’s delightfully
mental.
Where do you hang out?
The Grafton, The Abbey,
my flat, Kentish Canteen,
Guanabana, Joe’s,
anywhere and everywhere
that I can walk home from
after a couple of brandy’s.
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ESTHER WALKER
All Esther Walker
wants is to hang
out with other
normal mothers.
Too much to ask?
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ESTHER
IN ABOUT
mid-February I get
an attack of “Spring
Hope”, which is when I start believing
that Spring is “just around the corner”.
I keep saying to everyone “Spring is
nearly here! I can smell it!” only to look
a fool when the temperature keeps
plummeting to minus 3 and it snows for
the whole of March.
My Spring Hope has arrived for me
early this year as back in October I
delivered the manuscript of my book,
based on my food blog Recipe Rifle,
and I have pretty much been twiddling
my thumbs ever since, sitting out the
endless rain.
Winter takes on a new dimension
of horror when you have children: I
have one, Kitty who is nearly two and
another due in May. Pre-children,
bad weather was an excuse to stay in
bed, reading a spicy novel and eating
Turkish delight.
With any under-5s it means norovirus,
too much telly and the stench of
exhaustion and boredom everywhere.
The easiest way to entertain children
is outside, where they can’t break
anything and they can bring themselves
to their knees by running round and
round and screaming for no reason. But
even an energetic toddler will turn his
nose up at a grim, windswept, deserted
playground.
Last winter, when Kitty was not
yet one and I was still a tragic novice
mother with no clue and no friends,
(NCT failed to provide any kindred
spirits), I would dutifully wheel Kitty
to the swings at least once a day and
wonder where everyone was. We’d
have a little swing, decide it was too
cold and go home again, like two sad
little vagrants.
This year, I am no-one’s fool.
I know now, for example, about the
Talacre, the indoor play centre tucked
behind that baffling new development
off Dalby Street. Sure, the Talacre
ticketing policy is Kafka-esque in its
permissions and restrictions, but I
don’t know a toddler who doesn’t go
mental for Baby Gym and Treetops. It’s
the kiddy equivalent of The Bull and
Last.
The other thing I have been doing
is ruthlessly seeking out other normal
women who have children about the
same age as Kitty: what I realised last
winter was that no-one was at the
playground, not because they were
sailing around the heath pretending
that trudging along in the wind and
rain and bitter cold was simply bracing
entertainment, and not even because
they were at Talacre or the One O’Clock
Club or the library – no-one was at
the playground because they were all
round each other’s houses, having cosy
playdates with tea and cake.
This may not be strictly true, but
it’s how it felt – like in the summer
wondering where all your friends are
and finding out that they’ve all gone on
the same villa holiday without you. You
know? Or did that just happen to me?
Anyway, so far I have found one friend
and she’s been a lifesaver on those long,
cold, dark afternoons. I confidently told
her the other day that I thought that
Spring was nearly here – and she didn’t
even laugh.
It’s the kiddie equivalent
of The Bull and Last.
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Best
Boozer
1. The Pineapple
2. Southampton
Arms
3. Tapping The
Admiral
N
OW, WITH so many
exciting new ventures
starting up in the manor
over the last year, our first category,
Best New Opening, was always
going to be one of the hardest
fought categories. No surprise to
see Chicken Shop (79 Highgate
Road), at #3, causing a right flap.
This place would be a hot table
were it located anywhere central
or east, but Soho House Group
launching a whole new concept
right on our doorstep? Instant
success assured, for the huge vote
of confidence in Kentish Town
alone. Bringing foodie tourists
in from far and wide, Chicken
Shop has proved good news for
everyone, its speakeasy vibe
adding to the wow factor. Locals
have also been making a beeline
to the much anticipated pizza
Whilst the global outlook might be largely doom and gloom, we’ve
seen flourishing successes in the area to counter all that bad
news. Strong community spirit, enthusiastically-received new
openings plus a genuine buzz about the place have all made it a
pretty damn exciting 12 months. Which is why, back in December,
we asked readers to tell us which local businesses they thought
deserved a little recognition... words: Stephen Emms & Tom Kihl
outpost (at #2) above. It remains
resolutely packed throughout the
day, despite swift and attentive
service once seated. Plus the bar
is open late (and serves a bona
fide ace cocktail). In first place?
The Grafton (20 Prince Of Wales
Road), who seem to have got their
tarted-up old boozer just right,
the crowds to be found her every
night simple testament to the
fact. Service is friendly, the booze
interesting and the food a winner.
Yet this is no gastro refit. A
proper local has been carefully
created, a previously drab and
unloved pub blossoming into a
vibrant community hub, from
vintage markets at the weekends
to street food on Fridays and
piano sing-songs. As one voter
succinctly put it, “I can’t believe
the transformation.”
Best New Opening
1. The Grafton
2. Pizza East
3. Chicken Shop
W
HILST WE were
excited by all the
new openings in
2012, we were pleased that a true
institution swept the board in the
end for this category. And people’s
responses were passionate; you’re
obviously a hard-drinking bunch.
At #3 Tapping The Admiral (77
Castle Road) performed well
enough to make it to the third
spot. “Family friendly on an
afternoon. Fab staff, food, drinks
above: The
Pineapple at night,
photographed by
Tom Storr. below:
Popular new boozer
The Grafton below
left: Southampton
Arms
& location,” said one female
thirtysomething. “Delicious pies,”
added a twentysomething. And
it seems to be the very definition
of what a proper boozer is about
in 20122, with its neighbourhood
feel, high quality, well-priced
food and drink, and lively eclectic
crowd. At #2, The Southampton
Arms (139 Highgate Road) is still
as rammed as ever. And, queues
aside, its rotating mix of guest
and host ales ‘n’ ciders, turntable,
cash-only bar, and appealing pork
baps, is impossible to fault: on a
recent visit we hovered, tankards
in hand, by the roaring fire,
enjoying the people-watching.
Many respondents said this was
‘no contest’. “As a keen ale drinker,”
gushed one twentysomething
male, “this is heaven”.
But
claiming the top spot is The
Pineapple (51 Leverton Street)
with its vintage markets, quizzes,
cheese and Spanish nights – not
to mention beautiful panelled
interior and etched Victorian
glass back bar. ‘History, location,
charm, character, variety and
consistently great Thai.’ ‘All round
perfection – KT’s (and London’s)
best,’ said one thirtysomething
male. Bet y’all agree with that.
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Best Customer Service
1. The Grafton 2. The Vine 3. Mehmet’s / Hazrai
“N
Best for Families
1. Hampstead Heath
2. Talacre Sports Centre
3. Kentish Town City Farm
OT
MUCH
of
that
in
Kentish
Town,” snorted one
fiftysomething male in this category.
Grumpy! Luckily, hundreds of you
begged to differ. In joint 3rd spot,
Mehmet’s Leverton Street store
opposite The Pineapple, is run by
“a real K-Town hero!” said one
reader. Meanwhile, just down the
road the friendly Raj at Mumbai
streetfood diner Hazraj (1a Fortess
Road). picked up more than a few
votes. “Always smiling,” said one
reader. “Really helpful explaining
the menu,” said another. “And he
always remembers what I like.”
Good to see The Vine (86 Highgate
Road) at second place in what must
T
HERE ARE some who bolt
for the ‘burbs when starting
a family, and there are
others who need little convincing
as to the advantages of a central NW
childhood. Attractive days out and
good facilities surround us: most
are within walking distance, and
many are free of charge. Currently
celebrating 40 years of feeding,
mucking out and learning right in
the heart of one of the country’s
most deprived urban areas, Kentish
Town City Farm (Grafton Road) is
a bona fide institution. Nestled in
amongst the busy railway lines, it is
nonetheless an oasis of calm. Open
the gate to be greeted by wandering
chickens or hungry pigs, and admire
the pastoral grazing scenes under
Victorian railway arches. Talacre at
number 2, continues to be as vital
and popular a resource as ever.
From its vastly oversubscribed
world class gymnastics classes, to
the crazy soft-play monkey business
witnessed hourly at Treetops. The
new wood-sprung dance studio has
proved a great addition, featuring
special interactive sensory features
to ensure disabled kids get to fully
enjoy sports there too. But the
grande dame of family days out,
Hampstead Heath, is timeless,
healthy, totally free and your
number 1 choice. Alongside the
ball games, flying kites or family
picnicking, you’ll find cherished
fixtures like the Olympic sized Lido.
Venture a little deeper to unearth
discoveries such as the woods and
meadows surrounding Kenwood,
which can be deserted even at the
height of summer.
Best Happening
or Gig
1. Alma St Fair 2. Rihanna at The Forum
3. Street Feast at Camden Town Brewery
W
ITH THE Cultural
Olympiad
bringing
such joys as Jeremy
Deller’s bouncy Stonehenge to
Hampstead Heath, there were
plenty of 2012 happenings to
choose from. The Friday night
Street Feast events at Camden
have been a challenging year for
them with three crazy openings
right opposite. Yet whilst both Pizza
East and Chicken Shop were both
praised for their generally very
efficient service, The Vine won out
with its “impeccable” standards.
And if anything, we think this
gastropub seems busier than ever
these days, especially as staff at
Chicken Shop always recommend
punters to wait ‘over the road’.
And at number 1, The Grafton (20
Prince of Wales Road), wins its
second gong – and an enviable one
to boot. ‘Very friendly, and they
always remember our names,’ said
one female thirtysomething, a
sentiment echoed by many others.
In fact, readers really have taken to
youngish owners Joel and Susie and
their team in a big way, and despite
the pub being busier than they
anticipated, standards remain high.
Perhaps their real-life story chimes
with people too: upping sticks from
Guildford to Kentish Town to take a
gamble on an old boozer was a brave
move that has worked out for the
best.
Perhaps their reallife story chimes
with people too?
Town Brewery Bar (Wilkin St
Mews) provided drool-worthy
sights and smells from myriad food
vendors, baps and wraps proving a
wildly popular accompaniment to
an evening on those pints. You can’t
all have been at Rihanna’s ‘secret’
gig at The Forum, but whether it
was the generous allocation of
freebie tickets dished out to local
shop keepers or the simple fact
that we had a red hot gig going
on in our midst, the show grabs
second place for the hype factor
alone. The Forum came top for
most local’s best gigs of 2012 too.
Among other events namechecked
were Alabama Shakes, Kiss,
Jack White, Graham Coxon,
Libertines, Bat For Lashes, The
Shins, Calexico, Noel Gallagher’s
High Flying Birds, Bobby Womack
and Rodrigo & Gabriella. Despite
all this, holding the #1 slot by
throwing arguably their best event
to date, the Inkerman area’s Alma
Street Fair was the all-conquering,
sun-kissed hit. “A glorious day”,
“delightful”, “simply joyous”
you gushed. And it really was all
those things. With the fire brigade
hosing down the kids, local foodie
businesses hawking their lovely
produce and Mr. Hudson’s Big
Kids bringing the well lubricated
dancing to a crescendo, it was a
difficult Kentishtowner day out to
fault.
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C
OMPILING
THESE
results confirms just how
many proudly independent
businesses there are in NW5. At
number 3, Harry’s (258 Kentish
Town Road) is exactly the sort of
shop that should be gaining support.
An extensive, well-sourced range
of meat and fish plus interesting
forays into takeaway options have
all underlined Harry’s as a staple
visit for locals. With specialist food
shops under more pressure than
ever before, we’re fortunate our
high street has such a store at all.
At number 2, Phoenicia (186
Kentish Town Road) is at the
heart of many a grocery outing in
KT Road. Doing everything that
a chain store can’t do, such as
T
HE CENTREPIECE of
the healthy West Kentish
Town gallery scene, the
stunning ex-Methodist chapel
now known as the Zabludowicz
Collection returned naturally to
the Kentishtowner Awards after
a very strong year. Locals are fans
of their choice of young artists
and the endlessly creative way
the space is transformed for each
of the key shows. ‘Consistently
great acts, beautiful venue’ said
one 30-something male voter,
which in any other year would
neatly sum up the Roundhouse
(Chalk Farm Road), at number 2.
But it has recently also been home
to the wildly oversubscribed
Camden Beach, plus provided the
backdrop for that unforgettable
morning the Olympic torch passed
through the borough. Keeping
Camden’s international musical
profile where it should be with
Best Independent Shop
1. Owl Bookshop 2. Phoenicia
3. Harry’s Fine Foods
stocking interesting European and
Middle Eastern imports, carrying
a huge range of staples like olive oil
and types of pasta, while running
their own butcher’s counter,
sit-down meze café and party
catering services, staff are deeply
knowledgeable, which makes a
welcome change from the glazed
looks often to be found elsewhere.
Everyone in the area has a soft spot
for the institution that is Owl (207
Kentish Town Road). Nearing its
40th birthday, our high street book
store, with its excellent local history
and children’s sections, is the
epitome of a cherished indy: and for
providing us with the increasingly
rare joy of a non-branded, wholly
offline book shopping experience,
Owl wins your votes by the
bucketload.
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numerous televised awards shows
and the massive iTunes festival,
through to cutting edge circus and
groundbreaking theatre from the
likes of Kate Tempest. And not
forgetting the achievements of
the charity working in the vaults
either.
Meanwhile just up the road,
we are humbled to have an
established London home for
world class bands in The Forum
(9-17 Highgate Road), at number
1. One of London’s all-too-few
decent mid-sized music venues is
currently firing on all cylinders,
hosting some amazing line-ups
over the last 12 months (see
above). Judging from the daily
Twitter chatter, The Forum brings
many people to K-Town for the
first time too, and as such has the
honour of being a key feature of
both the cultural and economic
landscape in the high street.
opposite left:
Hampstead Heath
by Stephen Emms
top: The Forum
above: Alma Street
Fair, by Douglas
Cape z360.com
left: Harry of Harry’s
Fine Foods, by
Richard Ehrlich
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Best Breakfast
Best Coffee
1. Bean About Town 2. Arancini Brothers
3. The Fields Beneath
I
T WAS a category that almost
couldn’t have existed in
Kentish Town three years ago.
But now, in 2013, they’re fighting
it out with votes for Doppio Cafe,
an excellent Italian warehouse
and caff, teeny lounge Houspresso,
opposite Gospel Oak station, and
The Wine Cellar all cosy haunts for
a more than decent cup if you’re
in need of a caffeine fix in their
respective parts of town
At #3 is new artisan café The
Fields Beneath (52 Prince Of Wales
Road). Very quickly Gavin, Sibylle
and their baristas have proven
their brilliant attention to detail
with an ever-changing supply
of Square Mile beanage. As one
reader enthused: “Good coffee, well
made, with great milk.” At #2 this
year is the ever popular Arancini
Brothers (115 Kentish Town Road).
“Up there with the best coffee in
London, not just K Town,” said one
1. Kentish Canteen 2. Arancini Brothers/
Renoir 3. Map Café/ Mario
O
F COURSE, by what we
termed breakfast most
people are thinking of a
leisurely weekend brunch – and it
showed in the votes. But for a simple
weekday hunger buster, cheap
and cheerful places like the Wine
Cellar, Pedro’s, the Town Cafe, Tolli,
Mamma Mia and the well-sourced
and priced Dirty Breakfast had a
few fans (we can vouch too for the
latter’s refillable 99p coffee).
But in joint third place came two
very deserved local institutions:
the bohemian Map Cafe (46
Grafton Road), whose cooked full
English breakfast is one of its best
eating options (shame the service
can be so frustrating); nearby
Mario’s (6 Kelly Street), so easy to
forget about in the spate of recent
openings like Doppio, was praised
by one reader as “without a doubt
the best cafe in London. Everything
from the service to the customers
reader. If anything, the ‘Brothers’
have settled into their stride this
year: the bijou diner is now open
at weekends (when it’s packed).
“I really wish we could switch its
location with Costa,” sighed one
reader, “because I’d get coffee there
more frequently. Great coffee, great
staff.” Our clear winner this year is
well-established coffee cart Bean
About Town, right by the tube. “For
sheer consistency and quality (let
alone convenience), it’s Bean About
Town”, said one reader. “Made with
love and care every time,” And with
its hand-crafted, ethically-sourced,
100% Arabica Beans, coffee here is
impossible to fault. Bonus points
too for the boys’ stamina, whether
it’s boiling hot or blizzards out
there. In short, is there a more
breezily romantic spot, under the
canopy, whatever the weather, with
that view over the railway lines to
Parliament Hill?
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that frequent it makes it truly
special”. Arancini is a natural Top 3
finalist. Things you like there? “The
little English muffins with all sorts
of toppings,” said one reader. “Too
tasty,” agreed another. Renoir (244
Kentish Town Road) was a less
predictable joint second placing yet
is often very busy in the mornings,
especially with students and their
visiting parents. Yet there was one
absolutely clear winner: Kentish
Canteen (300 Kentish Town Road).
“It’s taken a while but these guys are
starting to get it together,” said one
reader, perhaps a little cautiously.
“Stupendous roast tomatoes on
toast,” enthused another; “they
do this very unusual French Toast
with bananas.” revealed another.
“Some of the better coffee in the
area, and a consistently tasty
breakie”. Some of you were torn:
“it’s a toss-up between the Canteen
and Arancini.”
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below centre:
Chicken Shop
below right: Lunch
at Colonel Fawcett
Best
Lunch
1. Arancini Brothers
2. Colonel Fawcett
3. Kentish Canteen
A
Best Dinner
1. Chicken Shop
2. Pizza East
3. Bull & Last
O
UR LAST category in the
Reader Awards, and it’s not
overstating the matter to
say that there has never been a time
so fecund to dine close to home,
from new ventures like Farmer
Tom’s Kitchen at the Abbey Tavern
through established restaurants like
The Junction Tavern, The Vine and
Pane Vino.
Bull & Last (168 Highgate
Road) is one of London’s great
gastropubs and now forms the
northern tip of a very food-and-
ale rich stretch of good quality
boozers and restaurants. Readers
praised its experimental approach
to cooking, short menu and delights
like a velvety bowl of ravioli with
squash, radicchio, sage and butter
or Dedham Vale steak. “Thumbs
up to Bull and Last,” said one
respondent. “Always special food,”
sighed another. A justified Top 3
entry and still one of the area’s most
feted dining options. Meanwhile,
Pizza East (79 Highgate Road) is a
predictable second choice. “Very
tasty and well-priced food,” agreed
a fiftysomething male. “Great decor.
Pleased that it’s been a resounding
success, but looking forward to
when business quietens down
so that getting a table becomes
easier.” A surprise #1, perhaps,
as it’s not the absolute best food
on offer in NW5, but in terms of
fingerlickin’ deliciousness, value
for money, atmosphere, a real buzz
and great service Chicken Shop (79
Highgate Road) is a worthy winner.
“Unbeatable on value, atmosphere
and chicken. Great on twitter too,”
said one twentysomething male.
“Hands down winner,” said another.
We think the fact that it’s £4 a
quarter makes this an addition to
NW5 that’ll be long cherished.
DECENT lunch is a big
deal to Kentishtowners.
There was a huge spread
of honourable namechecks in this,
one of the most popular categories.
Stretching geographically wide,
from the Village Café in York Rise
over to the “the Italian on the
Heath”, and with a strong cluster of
high street fry-up faves like Mem’s,
Pedro’s, Kent, Town and Mario’s
gaining votes too. Having scooped
the Best Breakfast award opposite,
Kentish Canteen (300 Kentish
Town Road) in 3rd place, have done
rather well again at lunchtime. As
forerunners of the foodie revolution
in Kentish Town, it’s sterling news
that they continue to rate among
the most popular choices in the
area. Recent menu changes have
proved a big hit, with innovative
dishes alongside well-turned-out
classics like onglet and chips (an an
affordable £11 lunch menu).
Nice to see that the outstanding
kitchen at the Colonel Fawcett (1
Randolph Street) is a resounding
hit at #2: a serious lunch to rival
the best the West End or City can
offer, but at local boozer prices
and, unlike its evening service,
not overly dominated by raucous
drinkers: “such great dishes, always
something surprising every time
I visit,” said one voter, and the
top hats for table numbers add to
the pleasantly quirky style, too, as
does a large gin selection. At #1 is
much-loved caff Arancini Factory
(115 Kentish Town Road). “I just
can’t get enough of those balls,”
enthused one 30-something male.
“I simply love their veggie wraps,”
said another. The opening of the
cute walled garden area out back
over the summer simply sealed the
deal. Inside is now a permanently
busy local hangout, and with new
branches open in Broadgate and
at the Southbank, the Brothers
continue to look unstoppable.
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interesting perhaps, or funny, or the most
scintillating conversationalists, but still. Not
horrible (not even the ‘Tools’ from ‘Tool
Academy’ bar a couple of them).
Rick Edwards
believes in the
Human Race:
“Of all the
people I’ve
come across, I
don’t think I’ve
met anyone
that I haven’t
liked”
This brings me to Kentish Town, a place that
fills me with hope and warmth. My 11-year
love affair with the area has meant that, in
my personal life, I have mainly interacted with
Kentishtowners. My girlfriend is from Gospel
Oak; my three best friends live within a five
minute radius of my flat; and I have a jacket
with ‘NW5’ embroidered on the back. I adore
our locale and its people and I rarely venture
elsewhere. I mean, why would I?
It was pure luck that I ended up here
having, whilst house-hunting post-university,
wandered up Kentish Town Road from
Camden and thought “this place seems
quite fun”. What’s kept me here is the mix
of people and the sense of community (and
yes, to be fair, the pubs). Of all the people I’ve
come across, I don’t think I’ve met anyone
that I haven’t liked. I’m on nodding terms
with so many, that my rest state is nodding.
I FEEL
like
it’s
quite
fashionable to be
curmudgeonly, snarky even. I’ve certainly
dabbled with it in the past. But I’ve come
to a heartening realisation: people are
fundamentally nice. I genuinely believe
that. Apart from anything else, I am rarely
confronted with any compelling evidence to
the contrary. My job - which certainly used
to largely consist of firing inane questions
at celebrities of varying calibre – has meant
that I have met, albeit briefly, a lot of different
people from many different walks of life.
The most common work-related question I
get asked (usually by my old school friends)
is “who is the most difficult/rude/dickish
person you’ve interviewed?” and I always
struggle to answer. Because on the whole,
as I say, everyone’s pretty decent. Not that
Now, I’m not saying that the sort of people I
love in the area are unique to NW5 (or am I?)
I do wonder where else I would have the sort
of pleasingly low-grade ‘banter’ that I enjoy
in, say, FAM on Fortess Rd. The produce is
great and cheap, but it’s the chat I go in for.
An example: I went in to buy ingredients for
a salad (it’s January), and as I was paying the
guy (whose name I still don’t know) asked if I
wanted the 60 packets of Extra chewing gum
on the counter. I said that I probably wouldn’t
get through it. He suggested I make a lovely
soup with it. We then laughed for a good
minute about Soup De la Gum - his excellent
words. This is not an isolated anecdote. I’ve
got loads. Don’t get me started on Sin the
giant Serbian bouncer at The Abbey. That
guy’s electric.
So I rest my case. People are fundamentally
nice. And the nicest reside in Kentish Town.
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